69Filing and lodging electronically

69 Filing and lodging electronically

(1) A document that is required or permitted to be filed by these Rules for use in the Commission may be lodged electronically in the Industrial Registry.

(2) A document is lodged electronically in the Industrial Registry by:

(a) completing and submitting a web‑based form made available on the Commission's Internet page at http://www.airc.gov.au in accordance with the instructions accompanying the form; or

(b) emailing the document in accordance with subrule (3).

(3) An email mentioned in paragraph (2) (b) must:

(a) be sent to an email address approved by the Industrial Registrar; and

(b) include the document to be filed as an attachment, in Rich Text Format or another format approved by the Industrial Registrar; and

(c) state, in the email:

(i) the name, address, telephone number and facsimile number (if any) of the natural person sending the email; and

(ii) an email address to which the Commission or the Registry can send notices or other documentation; and

(iii) if the document is an originating application — that fact, together with the State or Territory Registry in which the document is to be filed; and

(iv) if the document relates to an existing matter — the file number of the matter.

(4) A statutory declaration that is required by these Rules may be lodged or filed electronically by sending an image of the statutory declaration in accordance with subrule (2).

(5) If a document is lodged in accordance with subrule (2), a Registrar must send an acknowledgement of filing to the lodging party by email.

(6) A document lodged electronically is taken not to have been filed until the acknowledgement of filing mentioned in subrule (5) has been sent.

(7) If a document that is lodged under this rule and accepted at the Registry is a document that, under these Rules, is required to be:

(a) signed or stamped by the Commission or Registry; and

(b) returnable to the lodging party;

a Registrar must:

(c) if the sender requests that the document be held for collection — make a paper copy of the document and hold it for collection for 7 days; or

(d) if the sender does not request the document to be held for collection, or having made a request does not collect the document within 7 days — return the document by sending it electronically to the email address of the lodging party.

(8) A person who lodges a document electronically in the Industrial Registry must retain a paper copy of:

(a) the document: and